Motorola Edge 60 vs Google Pixel 9a
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Motorola Edge 60 (with MediaTek Dimensity 7300) that was released on April 24, 2025, against the Google Pixel 9a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 60
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Shows 24% longer battery life (25:04 vs 20:15 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 23W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
- Thinner bezels – 6.9% more screen real estate
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9a
- 46% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1321K versus 903K)
- Delivers 39% higher peak brightness (1927 against 1390 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
- 64% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1677 and 1024 points
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | POLED | POLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2424 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 422 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | 2700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.4% | 84.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 104% | 98.2% |
| PWM | 742 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Edge 60
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Pixel 9a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161 mm (6.34 inches) | 154.7 mm (6.09 inches) |
| Width | 73 mm (2.87 inches) | 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 179 g (6.31 oz) | 186 g (6.56 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Blue, Green | White, Black, Red, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.63/5) | Good (3.53/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 180 drops | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 7300 | Google Tensor G4 |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 655 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G615 MP2 | Mali-G715 MP7 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 1047 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~536.1 GFLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2577 | 7784 |
| Single-core score | 1024 | 1677 |
| Multi-core score | 2924 | 4067 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 317114 | 445318 |
| GPU | 125977 | 410687 |
| Memory | 183217 | 175537 |
| UX | 277487 | 289527 |
| Total score | 903795 | 1321069 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | 81% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 345 | 1060 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18016 | 10570 |
| Video editing | 7998 | 7547 |
| Photo editing | 32406 | 21264 |
| Data manipulation | 10659 | 12988 |
| Writing score | 19261 | 16308 |
Recent User Tests
Motorola Edge 60
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-20 (Andrew) | AnTuTu 11 | 903795 |
| 📘 2026-02-13 (Beylon) | AnTuTu 11 | 845653 |
| 📘 2026-01-10 (Wal) | AnTuTu 11 | 919187 |
| 📘 2025-10-28 (Wal) | AnTuTu 11 | 896908 |
Google Pixel 9a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Leif) | AnTuTu 11 | 1590049 |
| 📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap) | AnTuTu 11 | 1182042 |
| 📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo) | AnTuTu 11 | 943849 |
| 📘 2026-01-03 (Joy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1487240 |
| 📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD) | AnTuTu 11 | 1507185 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | Hello UI | Stock Android |
| OS size | 32 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5200 mAh | 5100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 68 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (76% in 30 min) | Yes (47% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:45 hr | 1:41 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1600 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:47 hr | 08:20 hr |
| Watching video | 14:12 hr | 12:40 hr |
| Gaming | 05:34 hr | 06:06 hr |
| Standby | 121 hr | 91 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-700C | Samsung GN8 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 73 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3K1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 145 |
| Zoom | - | 99 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 9a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2025 | March 2025 |
| Release date | April 2025 | April 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | $499 |
| Successor | - Motorola Edge 70 | - Google Pixel 10a |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.39 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, connectivity, and software are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 9a. But if the camera, battery life, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 60.
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